Gottfried August Bürger
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Gottfried August Bürger was an 18th-century German poet best known for his influential literary adaptation of the fantastical tales of Baron Münchhausen.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gottfried August Bürger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Gottfried August Bürger Context triple: [Baron Münchhausen, popularizedBy, Gottfried August Bürger]
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Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland was an influential 18th-century German poet, novelist, and translator, regarded as a key figure of the Enlightenment and early Weimar Classicism.
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Karl von Haller
Karl von Haller was a notable European supporter of the Greek War of Independence and a member of the Philhellene movement that aided Greece’s struggle against Ottoman rule.
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C.
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was an 18th-century German poet best known for his religious epic "Der Messias" and his influential role in the development of German lyric and pre-Romantic literature.
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D.
Wilhelm Müller
Wilhelm Müller was a German Romantic poet best known for providing the verse texts for Franz Schubert’s song cycles "Die schöne Müllerin" and "Winterreise."
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E.
Adalbert von Kleist
Adalbert von Kleist was a German physicist and cleric best known as one of the independent inventors of the Leyden jar, an early device for storing static electric charge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gottfried August Bürger Target entity description: Gottfried August Bürger was an 18th-century German poet best known for his influential literary adaptation of the fantastical tales of Baron Münchhausen.
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A.
Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland was an influential 18th-century German poet, novelist, and translator, regarded as a key figure of the Enlightenment and early Weimar Classicism.
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B.
Karl von Haller
Karl von Haller was a notable European supporter of the Greek War of Independence and a member of the Philhellene movement that aided Greece’s struggle against Ottoman rule.
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C.
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was an 18th-century German poet best known for his religious epic "Der Messias" and his influential role in the development of German lyric and pre-Romantic literature.
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D.
Wilhelm Müller
Wilhelm Müller was a German Romantic poet best known for providing the verse texts for Franz Schubert’s song cycles "Die schöne Müllerin" and "Winterreise."
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E.
Adalbert von Kleist
Adalbert von Kleist was a German physicist and cleric best known as one of the independent inventors of the Leyden jar, an early device for storing static electric charge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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poet ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1747-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1794-06-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Göttingen
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University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Bürger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
ⓘ
translation ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Gottfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | court official ⓘ |
| influenced |
German Romanticism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sturm und Drang movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | Sturm und Drang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Gottfried August Bürger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the German ballad
ⓘ
literary adaptation of Baron Münchhausen tales ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Der wilde Jäger
NERFINISHED
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Des Freiherrn von Münchhausen wunderbare Reisen und Abenteuer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gedichte (poetry collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenore NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkslieder (folk songs adaptations) ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Molmerswende NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lecturer in aesthetics ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
Göttingen
NERFINISHED
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Wollershausen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Auguste Leonhart
NERFINISHED
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Dorethea Leonhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1760s–1790s ⓘ |
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